Claire McNabThe UK had a furore over a fake Admiral at #RemembranceDay in #Llandudno, while #KingCharlie was an authorised fake #FieldMarshal in Whitehall.
But inbreeding is not the UK's approved only path to fake military rank.
#GilbertAndSullivan's "Sir Joseph Porter" was a parody of W.H. Smith, the eponymous bookseller whose political career led him to be #FirstSeaLord.
"He thought so little, they rewarded he
By making him the Ruler of the Queen's Navy!"
